Heath Goldfields Limited has announced a US$135 million investment commitment for its first full year of operations at the Bogoso–Prestea Gold Mine, deploying a US$35 million heavy-duty fleet through a partnership with local contractor Fridoug Company Limited, even as host communities formally petitioned the Presidency for the company’s mining licence to be revoked.
The fleet, comprising Komatsu 785 haul trucks, excavators, dozers and loaders, forms part of a stated 10-year strategy targeting a total of US$500 million in phased capital across the Bogoso–Prestea concession in the Western Region. “This development reflects our readiness to make the necessary investments to reposition Bogoso–Prestea as a modern, competitive and sustainable mining operation,” the company said in a statement.
The Fridoug arrangement is framed by Heath Goldfields as a deliberate local content commitment, with management saying the collaboration is expected to drive job creation, build skills and stimulate economic activity in surrounding communities.
The announcement, however, lands one day after the Catchment Area Community Alliance (CACA) concluded a two-day national march in Accra and formally delivered petitions to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Minerals Commission (MINCOM), and the Office of the President, demanding the immediate cancellation of Heath Goldfields’ leases and the appointment of a financially capable replacement operator.
CACA alleges that commitments made by the company when it assumed the leases in December 2024 — including over US$500 million in accessible capital and an immediate restart of the Prestea underground mine — have not been fulfilled. The alliance also says a 90-day remediation notice issued by MINCOM on December 29, 2025 has lapsed without resolution, the latest in a series of regulatory deadlines the company has faced since mid-2025.
Separately, three divisional chiefs covering the Bondaye-Nsuta, Prestea-Himan and Bogoso traditional areas wrote to President John Dramani Mahama on March 18, 2026, expressing concern that the pace of mine redevelopment had fallen short of expectations and calling for a credible investor to be brought in.
Heath Goldfields completed its first gold pour at the mine in February 2026 and has settled GHS 136 million in legacy worker liabilities inherited from the previous operator, Future Global Resources (FGR). Managing Director Patrick Appiah Mensah has said the company employs approximately 1,400 workers, with the majority drawn from host communities — a figure CACA and former worker groups dispute.
The government has not publicly responded to the CACA petitions or the chiefs’ letter as of Thursday, March 26. MINCOM and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources had also not issued formal statements on the status of the outstanding remediation notices.
